Iphianassa

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Iphianassa was the daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea, and a sister of Lysippe and Iphinoe. The daughters of Proetus fell mad after refusing the rites of Dionysus; “Afterwards they were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon.” Believing they had become cows, they left Argos, their homeland.

Relationship record

Life events

• The daughters of Proetus fell mad after refusing Dionysus’s rites.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20)
  • With: Lysippe Iphinoe
  • “And these fell mad, as Hesiod states, because they would not receive the rites of Dionysus.”
• The daughters of Proetus were cured by Melampus.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Lysippe Iphinoe
  • “Afterwards they were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon.”
• The daughters of Proetus left Argos after believing they had become cows.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Lysippe Iphinoe
  • “and left Argos their own country.”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

• parent: Proetus “And Proetus by Stheneboea ‘Lysippe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa’.”
• parent: Stheneboea “And Proetus by Stheneboea ‘Lysippe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa’.”
• siblings with Lysippe “And Proetus by Stheneboea ‘Lysippe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa’.”
• siblings with Iphinoe “And Proetus by Stheneboea ‘Lysippe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa’.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.